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BABIES' SLIPPERS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does babies' slippers mean?
• BABIES' SLIPPERS (noun)
The noun BABIES' SLIPPERS has 1 sense:
1. European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America
Familiarity information: BABIES' SLIPPERS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
babies' slippers; bacon and eggs; bird's foot clover; bird's foot trefoil; Lotus corniculatus
Hypernyms ("babies' slippers" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("babies' slippers" is a member of...):
genus Lotus; Lotus (annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs)
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